“Rumours” is on the way. In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Bleecker Street, the indie film studio, has released a new highlight sizzle reel emphasizing their greatest hits film accomplishments and a tease of what’s to come with never-before-seen footage. Some of Bleecker Street’s most notable titles include Steven Soderbergh’s “Logan Lucky,” “Eye in the Sky,” “Kitty Green’s “The Assistant,” Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” and “Captain Fantastic” (which earned Viggo Mortensen a Best Actor Oscar nomination), and many more, but it’s the upcoming titles that are the most compelling.
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First and foremost, the most exciting tease is for Guy Maddin’s upcoming film, “Rumours,” starring Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander. The cast includes Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones”), Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rolando Ravello, Takehiro Hira, and Zlatko Burić.
A Canadian filmmaker that generally sticks in a very experimental lane without many stars (though he has worked with Isabella Rossellini at least twice before), “Rumours” has to be seen as Maddin’s biggest film ever, by some measure and presumably his most commercial effort too.
“Rumours” is a dark comedy about world leaders who meet at the G7 but get lost in the woods while trying to compose a joint statement. The film will be co-directed by Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, who also co-directed 2017’s “The Green Fog” (Just Evan on 2015’s “The Forbidden Room”). Filming took place last year in Hungary, so it’s possible the film might be ready for festival bows or a release date by the end of 2024 or early 2025.
Other films teased in Bleecker Street’s anniversary video include Uberto Pasolini’s “The Return,” starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, and Charlie Plummer and upcoming 2024 films like Jocelyn Moorhouse’s comedy “The Fabulous Four” (July 26), starring Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally, and Sheryl Lee Ralph; Mikael Håfström’s sci-fi pic “Slingshot” (August 23), starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishbourne, and Emily Beecham; and Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” (October 18), starring his longtime collaborator Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
Check out the distributor’s 10th-anniversary reel below.
Update: Images removed at the request of Bleecker Street, but can be seen in the video below.